Internationalization strategies of companies in the wine industry in Portugal –...

• Autor(es): VIVAS, Carla ; SOUSA, António
• Data: 2012
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/8183
• Origem: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
• Assunto(s): Strategic Management; Internationalization; Wine Industry; Wine
• Tipo de Documento: Palestra
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

This research project aims to analyze the competitive environment of companies in the wine sector in Portugal and assess the implications in the development of contingent strategic guidelines and different performances.Proposes to apply the methodological framework the IKST – Integrated Key for Strategic Thought for international expansion. The research was carried out at two levels: at a preliminary level – a general characterisation was made of the companies as to their resources, and at a central level – the examination of the strategic aspect of the companies was carried out. The research involved the collection of primary data (survey of 164 companies in the sector) and secondary data (from documentary nature). Explores the strategic aspect, analyzing the sector in terms of global and national context, in order to design a diagnostic context of action, using the models of PEST and 5 Forces. Identifies, based on various statistical techniques, the adopted style of strategic thought and the profile in terms of contextual variables, as well as the underlying economic performance.